Libya’s interim council hopes to seize one of Muammar Gaddafi’s last strongholds without resistance as it tries to control the entire country.
Libya’s new leadership says it is committed to democracy, while it prioritises areas for spending the billions released from Gaddafi’s frozen assets.
Libyan rebel forces were converging on Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte on Monday, hoping to deliver the coup de grace of their revolution.
Prime Minister David Cameron has told Parliament he will hunt down the gang members and opportunistic looters he blamed for the violence in Britain.
Rupert Murdoch and his son, James, gave evidence in the British Parliament on Tuesday on the phone-hacking and corruption scandal.
Rebekah Brooks, former editor of the <i>News of the World</i> and a favoured lieutenant of Rupert Murdoch, was arrested on Sunday.
Western warplanes bombed Muammar Gaddafi’s tanks and artillery in eastern Libya to try to break a battlefield stalemate.
Muammar Gaddafi’s tanks and other army vehicles smouldered on a strategic road in east Libya on Sunday after Western powers launched air strikes.
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s forces pushed into the rebel-held city of Benghazi on Saturday, defying world demands for an immediate ceasefire.
A trickle of Libyan refugees has become a flood after Muammar Gaddafi’s troops entered the rebel bastion of Ajdabiyah, a key city.